By Gary Hammond and Mike Whale (Hull and district Trades Council) On July 12 1936, the organised working class of Hull, 10,000 or more labour
Category: Trade Union
Sharon Graham briefing to special Unite EC on Andy Burnham
By Andy Ford These are just my notes, not the official record, so there may be slight slips and omissions. I voted for the nomination,
Gray Allan, UNISON Falkirk Council Branch UNISON Annual Conference this year was significant in that it was to be the first conference since the election
By Andy Ford Unite EC member Mark Jones has set up a successful campaign on NHS dentistry. Toothless in England is trying to address a
By David Niven, PCS member, Defra North West & Cumbria Branch In our recent article The way forward for the PCS union – part 1
By Cain O’Mahony If the Far Right in the UK thought they were on a roll with their recent riots and rallies, many communities –
Editorial: what will a Burnham leadership mean?
Short of an unexpected natural disaster, it looks like Andy Burnham will be Labour leader and new Prime Minister, perhaps be the end of July.
Trade unions and Labour Party affiliation
By Andy Ford, Unite rep A key question for the big unions is their relationship with the Labour Party. In the light of Starmer and
The General Strike and the miners’ lock-out
By John Pickard The General Strike of May 1926 lasted only nine days. But the Great Lock-out of 1926 – which is how that struggle
By a Construction worker and Unite member A workers’ protest at the giant construction site at Hinckley Point, Somerset, reveals were the ‘two- tier policing’
